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Table 3 Status of specific food and food additive registration

Food categories to be registered Effective licenses
Imported food in tablet or capsule form 7,053

Health food 358
Food additive 6,403

Genetically modified (GM) food 130
The formula for certain diseases 186
Special dietary foods
Infant and follow-up formula 125
Domestic vitamin products in tablet or capsule form 1,245

Vacuum-packed ready-to-eat soybean food 3
Total 15,503

Table 4 Year 2017 The number of approved novel drugs

Number

Year

Note : Among 166 new drug applications (NDA), 58 NDAs containing new chemical
entities (NCE) and 33 NDAs are biologics. Their treatment indications
consist of anti-cancer therapy, rare disorders, diabetes, cardiovascular
diseases, anti-HCV or anti-HIV, to provide novel treatment options for
patients.

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